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Old 11-10-2012, 04:59 PM
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Default And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

Turns out its champion, John MacAfee, is too.
Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John McAfee's Heart of Darkness

I am still looking through the article to cherrypick a good quote but this guy..wow.
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:24 PM
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Default Re: And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

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Old 11-10-2012, 10:35 PM
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Default Re: And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

I haven't read it all yet but I read about McAfee years ago in relation to his first program. Story went that he released the virus and the cure at the same time.
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Old 11-11-2012, 12:37 AM
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Default Re: And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

The pigs shot a dog dead for no reason. That shit makes me sick every time.

Was there something else in the article?
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Old 11-11-2012, 09:16 PM
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I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't even know it yet. Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a river that snaked through the war like a main circuit cable plugged straight into MacAfee. It was no accident that I got to be the caretaker of John MacAfee's memory any more than being back in Saigon was an accident. There is no way to tell his story without telling my own. And if his story really is a confession, then so is mine.
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Old 11-11-2012, 10:03 PM
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Default Re: And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

Haha that shit is on my home computer right now, haven't bothered trying to get rid of it because lazy.
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Old 11-12-2012, 09:21 PM
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Authorities in Belize are searching for John McAfee, developer of the McAfee antivirus program, in connection with the murder of an American expatriate living in the country Saturday night.

According to Gizmodo, McAfee is “a prime suspect” in the shooting death of Gregory Faull, who was found “lying face up in a pool of blood” near his home in San Pedro Town.
Antivirus software developer accused of murder in Belize | The Raw Story
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Old 11-12-2012, 09:35 PM
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Default Re: And you thought his antivirus software was bloated and full of shit

:shakemonkey: I came here to post that! After the last story I wouldn't be surprised if he was responsible (albeit the last story was a bit dramatic)
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Old 11-12-2012, 10:28 PM
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So he was cooking up las drogas after all. What a Jim Jones psycho he turned out to be.
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Old 11-13-2012, 12:07 PM
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The Horror. The Horror.
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Old 11-13-2012, 05:02 PM
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I can see little more than character assassination. Is there anything of substance?
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Old 12-06-2012, 09:31 PM
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Software guru John McAfee arrested in Guatemala

He looks just like Al Swearengen in Deadwood.


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Old 12-06-2012, 11:21 PM
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Arrested for sneaking into the country? Probably wanted to steal their jobs! :ohnoes:
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Old 12-07-2012, 10:46 AM
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("...why does anyone in their right mind still use windows for their computer..." inquired the goblin on linux, adding "...just pay through the nose to be spied upon, yet that is the american way I believe so I'll say no more...")
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Old 12-07-2012, 01:19 PM
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("...why does anyone in their right mind still use windows for their computer..." inquired the goblin on linux, adding "...just pay through the nose to be spied upon, yet that is the american way I believe so I'll say no more...")
You mean GNU/Linux, of course, but I agree. "Anti-virus" software? "Defragmenting" your hard drive? What the fuck are those people talking about?

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("...correct, I used to work in a computer repair shop, where we made most of our money through malware removal..." replied the goblin, adding "...yet today, I wouldn't use micro$oft if you paid me, where I feel "mint linux" is the way to go, though fedora linux and puppy linux both offer solutions to certain types of hardware issues...")
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After years of releasing resource-hogging bloatware, McAfee is finally secure. :rimshot:
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BBC News - Guatemala to deport software tycoon John McAfee to US
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But we don't want him either!
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Old 12-12-2012, 10:42 PM
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You should have thought of that when you didn't abort him!
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We can send him someplace that euthanizes people! :idea:
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Why not trump up some charges accusing the bugger of terrorism? That way we can dump his ass in Guantanamo Bay, assuming it's still open.
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